The Legon Observer

Abstract

The yoar 1979, in all probability, will go down as a watershed in the political, social and economic history of this country. As the decade of the 70's drew to a close, three former heads of state were executed at the Teshie firing range; the historic retail trading centre of M, akola was mowed down by soldiers; there was hardly any prospect of any of the governments in power in the year arresting the double•digit spiralling inflation ; the promised return to civilian rule after seven years of turbulent military politics came to be enveloped in uncertainty, and men of wealth and position either fled the country or when they chose to remain in Ghana lived on their nerves from day to day. These were heady days when all aspects of life were dominated by politics